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I was originally only going to one Blue Nile Show in Glasgow this week (on Friday). However my friend Steve from Stockport in Cheshire having demurred initially on travelling (“I’ll leave it Rab – they’re bound to do Manchester”) realised his error and bought me a ticket for the show tonight (Wednesday) in return for airport transfers and a kip for the night. We shall spend the day limbering up for the gig and look forward to meeting our German friends Marc and Andrea as well as any other familiar faces we encounter in the afternoon.

In celebration here are The Blue Nile from 1996 on Jools Holland playing Tinseltown in the Rain.